- From: Innovimax SARL <innovimax@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:40:23 +0100
- To: Thierry MICHEL <tmichel@w3.org>
- Cc: Bill McCoy <bmccoy@idpf.org>, Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>, George Kerscher <kerscher@montana.com>, W3C Digital Publishing <member-digital-publishing@w3.org>, W3C Public Digital Publishing <public-digital-publishing@w3.org>, Markus Gylling <markus.gylling@gmail.com>
Thierry, You would probably wanted to say that Markus is a very good candidate (if not the best) to co-chair this IG ? Mohamed On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Thierry MICHEL <tmichel@w3.org> wrote: > Hi Bill, > > Thank you for your support. > We are all convinced that Markus wearing DAISY and IDPF hats is the best > candidate for chairing this new IG. > > Indeed we will discuss further the relationship of W3C and IDPF to make it > first class. > > Best, > > Thierry. > > > > On 17/03/2013 19:55, Bill McCoy wrote: >> >> Hi Ivan, >> >> Since George cc:ed me I will take the opportunity to chime in as well >> (IDPF did not receive a formal request for comments, which I presume >> is because it was sent to W3C members, and IDPF and W3C have presently >> a liaison relationship). >> >> Anyway for the record IDPF seconds the response George made on behalf >> of DAISY Consortium. As you know Markus is jointly appointed CTO of >> DAISY Consortium and IDPF. Since EPUB come from IDPF, and IDPF members >> are drawn from a larger pool of publishing industry stakeholders, I >> think it would be desirable to have direct IDPF representation in the >> leadership of the contemplated Interest Group. Since Markus wears both >> hats he can of course do that if he ends up being personally involved. >> If we wanted to formalize a reciprocal relationship or have IDPF join >> W3C in order to facilitate him wearing an "IDPF" hat , and/or to have >> additional representation from IDPF, that would certainly be an >> option. >> >> I just want to be clear that IDPF is open to whatever makes sense to >> help foster alignment and harmonization, and to ensure that publishing >> industry has the maximum bandwidth of communication with W3C in the >> interests of advancing the overall Open Web Platform. >> >> Best, >> >> --Bill >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org> wrote: >>> >>> Thank you for your support George! >>> >>> Ivan >>> >>> On Mar 17, 2013, at 19:01 , "George Kerscher" <kerscher@montana.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> DAISY Consortium, a long-time member of the W3C, supports the W3C >>>> increasing its emphasis on Digital Publishing, and the proposed Interest >>>> Group seems to be a good step. DAISY favors the wider charter because >>>> "eBooks" does not capture the full range of digital publishing use cases >>>> for >>>> the Open Web Platform. >>>> >>>> Accessibility to all is critical, and DAISY has worked within the >>>> International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) to ensure that EPUB, the >>>> packaged portable document format built on HTML and other Web Standards >>>> that >>>> has been developed by the IDPF, meets all key requirements for >>>> accessibility. As fragmentation of multiple non-interoperable formats >>>> would >>>> be a very bad result, both for accessibility and in general, DAISY >>>> believes >>>> it's critical that W3C's new engagement in publishing align with EPUB >>>> and >>>> explicitly involve IDPF and its 300+ members from across the global >>>> publishing industry in pursuing the worthwhile long-term goal of >>>> harmonization of EPUB and W3C Recommendations and other work to advance >>>> the >>>> Open Web Platform for publishing requirements. >>>> >>>> We also think that Markus Gylling would make an excellent co-chair for >>>> this >>>> work. >>>> >>>> Best >>>> George >>>> >>>> >>>> George Kerscher Ph.D. >>>> In our Information Age, access to information is a fundamental human >>>> right. >>>> Secretary General, DAISY Consortium >>>> http://www.daisy.org >>>> Senior Officer, Accessible Technology Learning Ally originally Recording >>>> For >>>> the Blind & Dyslexic >>>> http://www.learningally.org >>>> Chair Steering Council Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), a division of >>>> the >>>> W3C >>>> http://www.w3c.org/wai >>>> President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) >>>> http://www.idpf.org >>>> Phone: +1 406/549-4687 >>>> Email: kerscher@montana.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ---- >>> Ivan Herman, W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead >>> Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ >>> mobile: +31-641044153 >>> FOAF: http://www.ivan-herman.net/foaf.rdf >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > -- Innovimax SARL Consulting, Training & XML Development 9, impasse des Orteaux 75020 Paris Tel : +33 9 52 475787 Fax : +33 1 4356 1746 http://www.innovimax.fr RCS Paris 488.018.631 SARL au capital de 10.000 €
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